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- From: zweben@linguine.cis.ohio-state.edu (Stu Zweben)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:09:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug31.184805.10913@texhrc.uucp> ak45ldp@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt) writes:
- >
- > There is very little consensus about
- >what courses a CS degree should require. For my own degree, we were
- >required to take Calculus III, Physics, Chemistry, EE and other science and
- >engineering courses. However, I have seen many CS graduates from other
- >schools who are little more than glorified COBOL programmers. It really
- >annoys me to be lumped in with them. There is a wide variation in the
- >quality of CS degrees. If you are unhappy with CS graduates, you need
- >only look to another university.
- >
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- This is one of the main reasons that the Computing Sciences Accreditation
- Board was formed by ACM and IEEE-CS in the mid-80s. Programs that are
- accredited through CSAB must require 2/5 of a year of science (four courses,
- including the equivalent of a two-semester sequence in a lab science for
- science majors, and two other courses in science or with a strong emphasis
- in quantitative methods. Calculus is also required, as are core courses in
- the major that balance coverage in several areas. To date, over 100
- undergraduate CS programs have been accredited. While no set of criteria
- is perfect, the accreditation process does address Larry's concerns.
-
- Stu Zweben
- Ohio State University
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